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thorin belvrog Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0 |
(I'm not sure whether this belongs to this forum, but the mods will move it anyway if it doesn't...) I'm normally used to see all kind of crosses in and on churches, and know that pentagrams are connected to Satanists (especially when "upside down"), and that hexagrams are connected to Jews - but then I saw this picture: You can clearly see the cross, the pentagram, and the hexagram... Can it be that symbols have been adapted by both Christianity and paganism from each other and got total opponent meanings, like the use of the "St. Peter's Cross" which is now mostly connected to Satanism despite being originally a totally Christian symbol, remembering how St. Peter died? Account frozen... |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
(I'm not sure whether this belongs to this forum, but the mods will move it anyway if it doesn't...) The cross is a far older symbol than Christianity. Reality Internet Personality |
Daniel Send message Joined: 21 May 07 Posts: 562 Credit: 437,494 RAC: 0 |
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thorin belvrog Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0 |
(I'm not sure whether this belongs to this forum, but the mods will move it anyway if it doesn't...) I know of the swastika (or sun wheel), of the Ankh, of crosses with equal sides (like the "+" symbol), and also of the "X" - all symbols older than Christianity - but I thought the "Christian Cross" (like depicted on this church - and most churches as well) is an originally Christian symbol... BTW: I've seen many pictures with Christ hanging on a "T"-shaped cross instead of the usual crucifix-shaped one. Account frozen... |
thorin belvrog Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0 |
And the swastika is far older than Nazi Germany, but that is what it is identified with. I know, it's an ancient Indian symbol for the sun, the so-called sun-wheel. Account frozen... |
Labbie Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 4083 Credit: 5,930,102 RAC: 0 |
And the swastika is far older than Nazi Germany, but that is what it is identified with. The swastika has been used all over the world as a religous symbol, originating in ancient India to Europe and the Americas. Calm Chaos Forum...Join Calm Chaos Now |
Aristoteles Doukas Send message Joined: 11 Apr 08 Posts: 1091 Credit: 2,140,913 RAC: 0 |
but I thought the "Christian Cross" (like depicted on this church - and most churches as well) is an originally Christian symbol... BTW: I've seen many pictures with Christ hanging on a "T"-shaped cross instead of the usual crucifix-shaped one.[/quote] the original symbol for christian was fish, cross was used in greek before and propably everywhere before "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exist elsewhere in the Universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." Calvin to the Hobbes |
thorin belvrog Send message Joined: 29 Sep 06 Posts: 6418 Credit: 8,893 RAC: 0 |
but I thought the "Christian Cross" (like depicted on this church - and most churches as well) is an originally Christian symbol... I know: the fish stood for "IXÃŽËœYΣ" - the Greek acronym for: "ἸηÃοῦ ΧÃÂιÃĀÃŒÂ, Θεοῦ ΥἱÃŒÂ, ΣÉÄήÃÂ": "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior" But afaIk this symbol also is older than Christianity, the early Church only adapted it for themselves. Account frozen... |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
the fish [snip] this symbol also is older than Christianity, the early Church only adapted it for themselves. Today, Darwin has adapted it... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
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